Author Topic: Facinating Pictures and the art of nature (Read 22226 times)

MoMo · « **Reply #75 on:** May 05, 2012, 05:01:13 AM »

good stuff, subscribed...Larry

TwoTired · « **Reply #76 on:** May 05, 2012, 01:15:23 PM »

TwoTired · « **Reply #77 on:** May 05, 2012, 01:19:11 PM »

Hmm, no one's enjoying the view from the cat walk? Or were they?

Markcb750 · « **Reply #78 on:** May 06, 2012, 04:37:33 PM »

The super moon. In 2029 when it is this big again I will be 77; Damn.

Kevin D · « **Reply #79 on:** May 12, 2012, 05:00:33 AM »

From The World at Night photo contest:

http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6071

Christoph Otawa, Startrails over Dolomites
Thomas Neudert, A Moonless Winter Night

Markcb750 · « **Reply #80 on:** May 13, 2012, 06:21:17 AM »

The moon is always interesting when it is close to the horizon.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #81 on:** May 14, 2012, 11:08:59 PM »

Fargo, North Dakota....in winter.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #82 on:** May 15, 2012, 02:07:07 AM »

I've been to Fargo in the winter. The wind across the plains...Not so nice.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #83 on:** May 21, 2012, 10:20:48 PM »

Precision landing of Apollo 12 within walking distance of the Surveyor 3 probe Nov. 19 1969. Pete Conrad standing next to the probe with the LM Intrepid in the background. This was the mission in which Playmates went to the moon. Several Playmate photos were stashed in various check list flip books aboard the spacecraft. The spacecraft had also suffered a lightning strike shorty after liftoff and there was a concern that the landing parachute mechanism had been damaged. There was no way to check it so mission control did not tell the crew.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #84 on:** May 22, 2012, 03:28:35 AM »

great photo of the eclipse yesterday.

knowsnothing · « **Reply #85 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:46:36 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on May 21, 2012, 10:20:48 PM

Precision landing of Apollo 12 within walking distance of the Surveyor 3 probe Nov. 19 1969. Pete Conrad standing next to the probe with the LM Intrepid in the background. This was the mission in which Playmates went to the moon. Several Playmate photos were stashed in various check list flip books aboard the spacecraft. The spacecraft had also suffered a lightning strike shorty after liftoff and there was a concern that the landing parachute mechanism had been damaged. There was no way to check it so mission control did not tell the crew.

Great pictures, but where are the stars in the background or in the reflection of the helmet? Those early photos always never seem quite right......

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #86 on:** May 22, 2012, 10:01:25 AM »

Like many, I was fascinated by the space program, sorry to see it winding down. Loved the pictures. There are some vintage cameras that were left behind on the moon. Someday, perhaps someone will retrieve them.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #87 on:** May 22, 2012, 11:02:03 AM »

Quote from: knowsnothing on May 22, 2012, 09:46:36 AM

Quote from: srust58 on May 21, 2012, 10:20:48 PM
Precision landing of Apollo 12 within walking distance of the Surveyor 3 probe Nov. 19 1969. Pete Conrad standing next to the probe with the LM Intrepid in the background. This was the mission in which Playmates went to the moon. Several Playmate photos were stashed in various check list flip books aboard the spacecraft. The spacecraft had also suffered a lightning strike shorty after liftoff and there was a concern that the landing parachute mechanism had been damaged. There was no way to check it so mission control did not tell the crew.

Great pictures, but where are the stars in the background or in the reflection of the helmet? Those early photos always never seem quite right......

The moon is such a bright object that the exposures are not slow enough to pick up the fainter images of stars. To pick up anything but the brightest of stars you need exposures of multiple minutes. So no, it wasn't a taken on a sound stage.

OneWheelDrive · « **Reply #88 on:** May 22, 2012, 11:02:58 AM »

Another great photo of the eclipse

Markcb750 · « **Reply #89 on:** May 22, 2012, 05:25:49 PM »

Quote from: OneWheelDrive on May 22, 2012, 11:02:58 AM

Another great photo of the eclipse

It’s actually a lovely piece of artwork done in 2009 by a Japanese artist who goes by the name A4size-ska on DeviantArt.

Sorry, Phil Plait confirms on Bad Astronomy...

OneWheelDrive · « **Reply #90 on:** May 22, 2012, 05:29:18 PM »

Damn, I was bamboozled. Too good to be true I guess.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #91 on:** May 22, 2012, 06:43:44 PM »

Quote from: Bob Wessner on May 22, 2012, 10:01:25 AM

Like many, I was fascinated by the space program, sorry to see it winding down. Loved the pictures. There are some vintage cameras that were left behind on the moon. Someday, perhaps someone will retrieve them.

Me too, Bob. As a kid it was the most exciting an fascinating thing that happened in my growing up years. I remember crying for a day when Apollo 1 burned on the pad killing Grissom, White, and Chafee. Still chokes me up today...these guys where and still are my heros. I got to meet Jim Lovell and Chuck Yeager.

The mighty Saturn 5 , the most powerful rocket ever launched. 7.5 million pounds of thrust and capable of lifting 280,000 pounds into earth orbit. The shuttle, 4.5 million pounds of thrust and lifting 40,000 pounds.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #92 on:** June 03, 2012, 04:31:24 AM »

I wonder, was it serendipity or planning by this photographer?

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #93 on:** June 03, 2012, 01:37:12 PM »

Quote from: Markcb750 on June 03, 2012, 04:31:24 AM

I wonder, was it serendipity or planning by this photographer?

Planning. Look at the star trails. This is the key to getting lightning shots. Set up a long exposure during lightning activity, trip the shutter and wait for a strike. Nothing happening during that exposure trip the shutter for another try.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #94 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:48:29 AM »

I tried several time to see this but the clouds where too thick.

Hinomaru · « **Reply #95 on:** June 07, 2012, 04:26:24 AM »

The Coronado bay bridge in San Diego, CA

(click on image for a larger view)

Markcb750 · « **Reply #96 on:** June 07, 2012, 09:49:28 AM »

Quote from: srust58 on June 07, 2012, 08:30:36 AM

Quote from: Markcb750 on June 07, 2012, 03:48:29 AM
I tried several time to see this but the clouds where too thick.

You need an hydrogen-alpha filter system to show the flairs and granular surface pattern on the sun like that photo. About $800 for my scope...too rich for me.

Photo with my cheap home made filter.

I just had a piece of aluminized mylar as I gave my scope to son years ago. if that did not work i was down to welding helmet.

Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #97 on:** June 07, 2012, 11:32:50 AM »

I still wish, to this day, that I could watch a Saturn V rocket take off. I'm only 27 but I was obsessed with the Apollo missions as a child. The shuttle just never did anything for me. Awesome Pics!

Markcb750 · « **Reply #98 on:** June 08, 2012, 06:36:19 PM »

APOD Nice

trueblue · « **Reply #99 on:** June 15, 2012, 04:21:58 PM »

I don't know if this is photoshopped or not, but it looks cool.

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